The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-11-06
GOSSIP OF rnE STAGE.

GOSSIP OF THE STAGE.
star. of the Dramatic iirmament MIS-.
Potter Miss Sprague a- ID butante.
Madame Modjcska Talk Behind the
scenes.
Mrs Brown Potter. whose portrait we
present ibis morning, Is at present ihe
bright particular star in that peculiarly
fascinating neutral ground between FASH
iona le society and the stage, when
pretty and accomplished woman enjoys -
two.fold illumination Mrs. Potter has a
charming grace and many lovely gowns.
She will have brilliant career in the
same line as Mrs Langtry, which means
that she has more beauty and handsOmer
dresses but not as much artistic merit as
many another less fortunate WON an
Mrs Laugtry was called May '
person because of q meek and connding
way she haG in speaking To anybody who
could assist the DO nm.
Mrs Potter ha, the same clever device.
." Everybody is SO kind 90 me, She says
boz % cooling voice
s." of course expected 10 be criticised,
but then 10 is SD awiully good in every ooiy
90 bear with me
The theatrical gossip Of New York de-
scribes a star as follows
Ellen Terry rode rapidly up broadway
Yesterday in am open carriage Half the
heads Ou the crowded sidewalks turned
10 look after her Two-thirds OF them re-
cOgnilei Mi Terry, and the other third
thought 10 was Mrs Abbey of Nallack s.
whose resemblance t0 the great English
actress is strising. One of Mrs Abbey S
greatest hits when she was known to The
stage as Miss Florence Girard was in ski
called Distinguished Foreigners, in
which she gave AN imitation of Miss Terry.
The English actress is no less striking 10
appearance than her colleague, Henry lrv-
ing Miss Terry hair is OF AN exceeding y
light shade Of yellow, and her lace is col
Orless. vet not unpleasantly pale. Her
light eyes beam with thousand different
exnressiOns when she looks about her,
and She seems the soul of good nature,
for she constantly smiles She persists in
regarding her American tour more or less
ia the light of lark.
Victoria Sardoni the famous dramatist
expresses himself in The following terms
AS is necessarily the case, when the IN
duJral element pr dominates over all
others. YOU Americans have tlu, Tar neg
lected. Dob large extent arr, which is all
WAYS the last triumph of civilization.
When we would have beautiful home,
we must Il 50 clear the ground, next
build and furnish the house, and then
only are we ready 10 throw open The
doors and invite our friends 90 the Jeie.
I'm the United States your house is built
and urni he'd, and presently, as the pom
derous doors of prejudice swing slowly
/ back, our eyes viii fall upon wealth
and grandeur of artistic progress which
we have not yet dreamed OF. Time is
needed for social as well as chemical
transformations The contents of your
|W.tbctic retOu are still troubled with
elements that have not yet combined.
/ Bun the vap0rs rising from the buO1ling,
|seethfnr mass. show THAT it Will soon be-
/ gin 90 boil. and then, under the influence
] of uniting laws. the combinations VII.
take place. and through transparent
waters weshall see the lovely crystals
/ forming aud shaping themselves grad
ually. / the various fields of ART, into
something new, national and great
/ PQris C0rr@p0ndsHce
Mr.. Kayser asked her b explain in what
way general accomplishments were OF
value to the ACTOR Nine Modjesks re-
piled that the actors art had need OF al